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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 841. Findings and declarations of fact
The Congress finds and declares that the Communist Party of the
United States, although purportedly a political party, is in fact
an instrumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the Government of
the United States. It constitutes an authoritarian dictatorship
within a republic, demanding for itself the rights and privileges
accorded to political parties, but denying to all others the
liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. Unlike political parties,
which evolve their policies and programs through public means, by
the reconciliation of a wide variety of individual views, and
submit those policies and programs to the electorate at large for
approval or disapproval, the policies and programs of the Communist
Party are secretly prescribed for it by the foreign leaders of the
world Communist movement. Its members have no part in determining
its goals, and are not permitted to voice dissent to party
objectives. Unlike members of political parties, members of the
Communist Party are recruited for indoctrination with respect to
its objectives and methods, and are organized, instructed, and
disciplined to carry into action slavishly the assignments given
them by their hierarchical chieftains. Unlike political parties,
the Communist Party acknowledges no constitutional or statutory
limitations upon its conduct or upon that of its members. The
Communist Party is relatively small numerically, and gives scant
indication of capacity ever to attain its ends by lawful political
means. The peril inherent in its operation arises not from its
numbers, but from its failure to acknowledge any limitation as to
the nature of its activities, and its dedication to the proposition
that the present constitutional Government of the United States
ultimately must be brought to ruin by any available means,
including resort to force and violence. Holding that doctrine, its
role as the agency of a hostile foreign power renders its existence
a clear present and continuing danger to the security of the United
States. It is the means whereby individuals are seduced into the
service of the world Communist movement, trained to do its bidding,
and directed and controlled in the conspiratorial performance of
their revolutionary services. Therefore, the Communist Party should
be outlawed.
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